Sports celebrities involved in murder cases

 　　BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- South Africa’ s Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was charged with murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

　　However, Pristorius is not the first sports star to become involved in a murder case.

　　Here are some of those who have previously¹ found themselves on the wrong side of the law:

　　Carlos Monzon: the Argentine world middleweight boxing champion from 1970 to 1977 was considered one of the best pound-for-pound boxers² in the history of the sport, but he was jailed³ for 11 years in 1989 for the murder of his third wife, who he threw out of a window during a violent⁴ row. Freed on parole, he died in a road accident in 1995.

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

2 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 jailed   

监禁，拘留( jail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was jailed for life for murder. 他因杀人罪被终生监禁。
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。

4 violent   

adj.暴力的，猛烈的，激烈的，极端的，凶暴的，歪曲的

参考例句：

• The madman was violent and had to be locked up.这个精神病患者很凶暴，不得不把他锁起来。
• They caught him and gave him a violent beating.他们抓住了他，把他狠狠打了一顿。